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FOLDING BOX.

No. 598,344. Patented Feb. 1, 1898.

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FOLDING BOX. N0.' 598,344.

Patented Feb. 1', 1898.

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CHARLES INGREY, or LONDON, ENGLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters IatentNo. 598,344, dated February 1, 1898.

Application filed March 15, I897. Serial No. 627,659. (No model.)

To allwhom, it may concern.-

-Be it known that I, CHARLES INGREY, a subj ect' of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Boxes, of which the following is a'specification.

This invention relates to a novel and simple construction or manufacture of folding boxes of cardboard, mill-board, or the like, such as are used by drapers and others, my improved box when opened out for use being rigid and self-supporting withoutrequirin g clips, laces,

" or other means of. retaining the sides, ends,

orbottoms thereof in position, as has been the c'asewith this class of folding boxes as hitherto constructed. When the box is not its lid, will be perfectly flat, so as to occupy required for use, it can be folded up and, with but a very small space for storing or transport. I

In order to enable my invention to be readily understood, I will describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 illustrates a blank for the box; Fig. 2, the same when creased in the proper lines for folding; Fig. 3, a horizontal section in theline 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows the side parts of Fig. 2 folded over on their several creases; Fig. 5, an end view showing the end parts folded over on the other flat folded parts; Fig. 6, a perspective view showing the In carrying out my invention I'first cutfrom a sheet of cardboard,mill-board, or other similar material a blank of the shape shown in-Fig. 1. I then, by means of a suitable machine, such as a bending-machine, groove, score, or crease one side of the blank transversely at a, b, c, d,e, and f and longitudi-' nally at g and h, as shown at Fig. 2, and

then also groove, score, or crease theother and w-thatis to say, it is essential that'tjhje said dlagonal grooves, scores, or creases be;

side of the blank diagonally at '11, j, is, Z -m,

made on the opposite side'to the grooves, scores, or creases a to f, asclearly shown at Fig. 3, which is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. The parts 0 0 and 0 o are then folded over at .the grooves g and h, as shown in Fig. 4, the said folded-over parts being then advantageously connected to the part on which theyare folded by studs or rivets, such as p p, or by means of cement, or in any other suitable manner.v The box with its lid thus formed out of one piece of material is now complete, and if not required for use the partsq and r can be folded over at the grooves aand (1, respectively, as shown in the edge view at Fig. 5, for storage or transort. p When required for use, the box can be opened out by raising the parts 8 ands into a vertical position,when the parts 0 0 (forming the ends of the box) will be raised, the diagonal grooves 1' j k Zcausing the corner-pieces to fold-in the forrnof plaits, as clearly shown 'in the perspective view at Fig. 6. The part tion, thereby raising the parts 0' o. The front and back and the ends of the box being brought into the vertical position, the part or flap q is folded down over the inside of the part .9, forming the front of the box, and the flap u over the inside of the part 5 forming the front of the lid, as shown in the perspecthe box closed.

simple, expeditious, and economial manner, such box being, as already stated, very rigid folded. Myim'prove'd boxes also possess the advantage of having double fronts and backs,

edges.

I have described and illustrated my invention as applied to the manufacture of a folding-box and lid from one piece of material, this being theconstruction I prefer.

'formed'separate from the lid, in which case the blank, Fig. 1, without the lid portion, would be formed with a flap, such as q, at both ends, so that the back of the box would be .9 of the lid is also raised to a vertical posiw tive view at Fig. 7. Fig. 8 is a View showing From the preceding description itwillbe seen that I produce a folding box and lid from' one piece of carboard or like material in a when opened out and lying perfectly flat when further the corners being formed without any raw It will, however, be obvious that the box can be identical with the front part. The lid would be practically another box made a little larger than the box proper, so as to fit over the latter.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in What manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. A folding box and lid made all in one piece, and having the described diagonal creases t, j, "70, Z, m, 'n, and also the transverse no creases a, to f, and the longitudinal creases g and h, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

'2. A folding boxand lid made all in one piece, and having the described diagonal creases t, j, k, l, m, n, and also the transverse creases a to f, and longitudinal creases g, and h, and having fastenings at 1), all substantially as and for the purposes described. 3. A folding box made all in one piece and having the described diagonal creases z', j, 75, Z, m, n, and also the transverse creases a, to f, and longitudinal creases g, to h, and having a fiaplike g, at each end, and also having fastenings at 17, all as set forth.

CHARLES INGREY. Witnesses:

G. F. REDFERN, JOHN E. BoUsFIELn. 

